1st Edition

Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific

Edited By Colin Mackerras, Richard Maidment Copyright 1998
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

This important new text examines the crucial social and cultural factors associated with the rise of the Asia- Pacific region at the end of the Twentieth Century. It takes a close look at those areas which have affected the everyday life of the people most directly. These include: * the family * gender relations and the position of women * religion * the arts, with specific reference to film *... Read more
1 Introduction 2 The old and the new 3 Population 4 Migration & the diaspora communities 5 Race, ethnicity and language 6 Religion 7 Education 8 Womens movements in the Pacific 9 Pacific Images 10 Pacific Cinemas 11 The culture of politics

Biography

Mackerras, Colin; Maidment, Richard